Jeannette Mekdara and Ana Llorente of East Side Moto Babes at MotoMelee 2013. MotoMelee is a particularly cool event in that it’s three days and about 850 miles of backroads adventure riding for people on pre 1971 motorcycles. Based in San Francisco and started in 1988, it’s basically an iron butt off road rally for classic motorcycles. Pretty amazing if you ask me. MotoMelee XVII will be taking place June 21-23rd, 2014.

Jeannette Mekdara and Ana Llorente of East Side Moto Babes at MotoMelee 2013. MotoMelee is a particularly cool event in that it’s three days and about 850 miles of backroads adventure riding for people on pre 1971 motorcycles. Based in San Francisco and started in 1988, it’s basically an iron butt off road rally for classic motorcycles. Pretty amazing if you ask me. MotoMelee XVII will be taking place June 21-23rd, 2014.

[Semi-NSFW warning] Lanakila MacNaughton, photographer extraordinaire, had her gallery premier of the Women’s Motorcycle Exhibit in Portland at See See Motor Coffee on July 12th, 2013. Lana photographs real women who ride, stripped down (sometimes literally, always figuratively) and embracing the freedom of riding, being a woman, and having the ability to do what they damn well please. Well, at least that’s the vibe I get from it. Asked to photograph the ride to the show, I called up my friend Tony (who has a nice sissy bar on his bike, great… Continue Reading »